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I can't remember an appeal failing. What you say is bang on

This is true, there are many superb footballers who simply can't break through into their NT. But I guess the government want to keep the number of people coming into the country to a minimum so have to have some kind of rule to gauge the quality of the footballers coming here. It's not...

I understand your argument but the EU legislators won't treat football as an exception. Their argument would be why let Brazilian footballers in but not, say, Brazilian bus drivers? Even though the numbers of footballers arriving in Europe would be minimal I guess it's the principal that counts

I think it's really an immigration issue, just like similar rules in the US Unless they have a talent or specialism that isn't common in that profession then they can't come in. The acid test is therefore having played in 75% of the games of their NT to prove they are top professionals...

I forgot to add that even if they transfer between different teams, even of the same league, they have to apply for a new permit.

I may be wrong but I think the rule is actually that any NON EU player must have played 75 % of his NT games.The reason for this is that he would not get a work permit from the government to play in ANY British League, not just English. It is therefore a government rule, not an English FA rule...